Please try to write and visit your Loved One in jail as often as you can. Contact with family means so very much to someone locked up. If you can afford it, please accept their collect calls. Maintain contact as frequently as possible, by whatever means available.
If you are able to afford it, placing money in an inmate’s commissary account allows them to buy certain clothing, personal care, and food items. In the harsh setting of jail, these small luxuries can mean a lot.

Friday, April 11, 2014

A teenage boy has been sentenced to six years in prison after he was found guilty of the manslaughter of his step-father in Guildford.
14 year-old Jerome Ellis, of Cedar Way in Bellfields, has been sentenced at Guildford Crown Court.
54 year-old Neil Tulley was stabbed to death while he lay sleeping at the family property on Cedar Way.
A post-mortem showed he had suffered over 60 knife wounds to the back and neck.
Jerome's elder brother, Joshua, 23, was found guilty of Mr Tulley's murder, he will be sentenced on the 22nd May.
Meanwhile a Domestic Homicide Review has been launched into whether more could have been done to better protect the family.
A police manhunt and public appeal regarding the whereabouts of the two brothers was launched after they went missing following the fatal attack. They handed themselves in at Woking Police Station on the evening of Wednesday, 14 August 2013 where they were both subsequently arrested.
Commenting on the sentencing today Detective Chief Inspector Mark Preston said: "This was a tragic case in which a man was fatally injured and two families have been completely devastated as a result.
"It has been a distressing case for the jury and the investigation team involved which have had to deal with some particularly traumatic evidence and harrowing accounts."
Meanwhile a Domestic Homicide Review has been launched into whether more could have been done to better protect the family.

Sunday, April 6, 2014

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Former Illinois Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. has been moved from the federal prison in North Carolina to a minimum security prison camp in Montgomery.
A longtime friend of the Rev. Jesse Jackson, Democratic state Rep. Alvin Holmes of Montgomery, said the Jackson family contacted him Friday night about the 49-year-old former congressman being moved to the federal prison camp at Maxwell Air Force Base. The U.S. Bureau of Prisons' website now lists Jackson as a Montgomery inmate.
Jackson is serving a 2 1/2 -year sentence after admitting to illegally using campaign money. The Bureau of Prisons lists his release date as Dec. 31, 2015.
The Montgomery camp has housed several government figures over the years, including former Attorney General John Mitchell and former U.S. District Judge Harry Claiborne of Nevada.

Welcome

When a friend or family member crosses the law and ends up in prison, dealing with that knowledge can sometimes be overwhelming.

Remember who the person is, not the act commented. More often than not, the person you love is a good person who just got caught up in the wrong thing. Maybe it was drugs or alcohol or maybe they just chose to hang out with the wrong crowd. Whatever the reason, they made a bad choice and now they are living with that consequence every day. What we need to do is focus on the good aspects of that person. You don't have to be ashamed of them or turn your back on them just because of their bad decision. You also don't have to condone what they did just because you are accepting or forgiving them. You can still hate the act that they did while opening up your heart with love for them.